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Another episode in my quest to make a Beer Inspired by Mansfield Bitter, Considering my last attempt with crystal malt was too sweet, this time I've changed the coloured malts to chocolate. Malts and Fermentables 3kg Maris Otter Pale. 100g Chocolate Malt 500g Invert sugar (golden syrup) Hops...

Howdy Y'all, Last Saturday I put a bitter on using first gold. Fermentables 3.8kg Halcyon Malt 0.35kg Crystal Malt (110) 0.08kg Chocolate Malt Hops 40g First Gold @ 60mins 15g First GOld @ 20 The hops may be wrong, I think I reduced the amounts to 20 and 7, but honestly...

Howdy Y'all Just wondering if anyone has thoughts on this recipie, its a smoked porter with 50% of the base malt being Rauch Malt? Grains 2kg Halcyon pale Malt 2kg German Rauch Malt 250g Chocolate malt 250g Crystal Hops 20g of First gold boiled for 60 mins (40 no chill mins) 5g of First...

Howdy Y'all. I'm hoping to make an changed clone (an idiosyncrasy, I know. But I want to change it slightly more to my taste) of Sam Smiths Oatmeal Stout. I've based it off the recipe here http://www.brew365.com/beer_ss_oat.php 8 lbs. - 2 Row Pale Malt (UK if you have it, but whatever)...

Howdy Y'all, I've been super busy today Brewing a HBC all grain Brown Porter kit Adding a hop tea to my Mansfield-style bitter http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=55559 Racking off from a leaky minikeg testing my corny system Okay, so the day started well, mashing my Brown...

Brewday from Yestrerday (15/8/15). My First one in the 'new' Burco with its false bottom Mansfield Bitter Style Ale (Increased ABV) Malt 3.5kg Marris Otter 0.6kg Golden Syrup (added during boil) 0.5kg CaraMalt Hops (using no chill) First Wort Hops (40mins boiling, equiv to 60mins chilled)...

Hey Y'all, I'm looking at using some leftover bits. Here is what I have and would like to get used up. I'm looking at a 10l brew 250g smoked malt 250g chocolate malt 25g Kent Goldings hops some cascadeCascade hops. I also also have the following that Im happy to add crystal malt Maris...

Hi All, I'm wondering if people have used nitrogen bulbs to dispense stouts and 'creamy' ales from a pressure barrel? And if so how did it go? Did you get something similar to a pint of guinness or a 'smooth' bitter with a tighter and longer lasting head? Did you use all nitrogen, or a...

Hey guys, I've just looked at a batch of lager I have on and there is a sort of grey dust on the top, any insight. It still smells vaguely Ok.. Thanks, Ant

Hey Gents, So I'm brewing my first lager, a Brewers Spring Lager kit, From canada! This Beast contains a mighty 7.5l or hopped extract, 17g of Cascade pellets, coopers yeast and something called bentonite. Just a few questions about it, Bentonite, what is it? Do I still need to adda...

Hey. So I've been playing.around with fuggles as a dry hop, however so far my efforts have been remarkably grassy, despite one of my attempts only.being for an evening. Is this normal? I take it dry hopping with EKG would have a different taste/aroma. Which will hopefully be more to my taste...

Hi all, I was at a party that served much cider from polypins. I managed to nab a few afterwards. I'm wondering if I can use them for brewing? they are of the type on the right of this picture I dont think they will take much pressure, but when I eventually get a Beer engine, I'm thinking it...

Hey all, I've decided to make the jump to all grain. (Probably eventually a 3 3 vessel system, but BIAB to start) Since brewing on the hob is a no go, I've decided to lok for an electric boiler. The two options are; Monarch Tea Urn - Programmable temperature for mashing, and its shiny. 30...

Hey all, As you might know, I had to take a few months off brewing, but now I'm back into it, but it seems that all my beers are a little off. My flavoured stouts are showing no sign of coming together. The coffee stout tastes disjointed, the vanilla stout tastes sour, and my hopped stout is...

Hey all, You might have seen my first all grain brew, and up until the fermentation it was going quite well. However since I accidentally added gelatin halfway through fermentation. Now I'm worried because the beer seems to have settled at 1.013, despite pitching some new yeast. I'm currently...

Okay, I've been bored recently, so decided to try all grain. I have a gallon pot, some muslin and made a recipie. Recipie - Antonys SMASH 1kg MO - 60mins 8g Fuggles - 60 mins 5g Fuggles - 25 mins 5g Fuggles - 5 mins/flameout I had originally been planning on 50/50 MO and Crystal, however I...

Hey all, My father does a lot of work with fire extinguishers, and often get chrome/Stainless steel ones as scrap. Since these are a pressure vessel designed to hold liquid, and compressed under nitrogen, I was wondering what you think would happen in I put a load of stout into one. The vessels...

Hello Gents, Upon receiving a load of cooking apples from a relative, I decided to make some cider. (So not the dark side of all grain, but something all the more sinister) I roughly chopped the apples, and then put them in a blender with some water. The pulp was then put in muslin, and...

Hello people of THBF Recently I offered my dad a little of my Wherry, he said it was good, but needed more hop flavour. I then breifly explained dry hopping, and he went, 'oh, there are loads of hop plants down the garden' However using my google-fu, and althoughsome 'golden' hops are called...

Hey all, I currently have a chocolate and vanilla stout going, its been on the FV for about 10 days now.But I cant help but notice its got a definite vinegar taste/smell on the finish. Just wondering if its just a mix of yeast, vanilla and chocolate making some odd flavours, or if have made...